Creating hollows of silence and embarrassment, a hushed expectation in which anything can happen, Jarmusch is good at the awkwardness of lost love, the sadness of diminished expectations: the women are getting by, but they're not happy or creative, and Don's encounters with them are either bittersweet or just plain bitter.
He later explained that his long silence stemmed from embarrassment over what he called his trifle.
And having a record of a cardinal entreating an abuse victim to keep his silence is another embarrassment for the Catholic Church.
For Aziz Ansari, the worst romantic dates are not the disastrous ones, the evenings that end in awkward silence or acute embarrassment or childhood anecdotes so boring you decide to make a break for it from the bathroom window.
God, they were so bad, anecdotal jokes, and then he'd say, meekly and shyly, 'Vell, dat ees my story,' and no one would laugh, and then he'd say, 'Vell, dat ees all I vanted to say,' and still no laughter or applause just dead silence and painful embarrassment, and then he'd say, 'Vell, tenk you vedy much.' My friend and I were hysterical.
Dr Mark Porter investigates constipation, to discover the causes and treatments of this extremely common problem that is often suffered in silence due to embarrassment.
16, 17 Often, the patient does not complain due to cultural reasons, the so-called "culture of silence", due to embarrassment, or for economic reasons.
In seeking to make our comedies real we have created an alternate version of reality, full of prolonged silence and extended embarrassments.
Embarrassment silences me as I continue to focus on the child, but it is Olena* herself who initiates conversation with ease and assurance: "Artemchyk is a very playful and lively boy – I just don't know what I will do when he starts to walk".
Many people choose to suffer in silence, undoubtedly due to embarrassment and an unwillingness to seek help.
